Brian David Earp is an American bioethicist, philosopher, and interdisciplinary researcher. He is best known for his writings on intersex medical interventions, circumcision, and drug use in the United States.[1][2] He is currently associate director of the Yale-Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy at Yale University and The Hastings Center, and a Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
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Born | 1985 |
Occupation | Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist, Bioethicist |
Education | Yale University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge |
Notable works | Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships |
Notable awards | 2020 John Maddox Prize for “standing up for science” |
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Earp has written on a wide range of topics, including free will,[3] sex and gender[4] and the replication crisis in psychology[5] He currently writes the quarterly "Philosophy in the Real World" column for The Philosopher. In 2019, Earp wrote his first book (co-written with Julian Savulescu), published in the UK as Love Is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships [6] and in the United States as Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships).[7][8][9][10][11]
Earp grew up in a conservative evangelical Christian household. His mother was a stay-at-home mother; his father was a X-ray technician.[10]
He is best known for writing Love Is the Drug: The Chemical Future of Our Relationships with Julian Savulescu.[10][12][13] He has argued that certain forms of medications can be ethically consumed as a "helpful complement" in relationships. Both to fall in love, and, to fall out of it.[10][11]
Earp has argued that all forms of involuntary non-therapeutic genital modification and mutilation — including routine neonatal circumcision, intersex interventions, and female genital mutilation — are violations of bioethical principles.[1][2][14][15] For this work, Earp was nominated for the 2020 John Maddox Prize, and received commendation from the judges, for “taking a multi-disciplined, science-based approach to a deep-rooted cultural practice”.[16]
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